Lorenz
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plotting my escape from nowhere
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Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon paying influencers $400k-$600k to post months of AI hype content. Absolutely busted, failed industry, embarrassing era
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
Google and Microsoft offer lucrative deals to promote AI, but even $500,000 won't sway some creators
Tech companies including Google and Microsoft are paying influencers hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote AI products.
www.cnbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon paying influencers $400k-$600k to post months of AI hype content. Absolutely busted, failed industry, embarrassing era
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
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does anyone else remember when the 2022 Super Bowl had so many crypto ads people were calling it the Crypto Bowl and then crypto just absolutely fucking tanked?
anyway
anyway
![The advertising during the game stood out for a high number of celebrity cameos and advertisements for futuristic technology, particularly for products like electric vehicles, virtual reality and cryptocurrency.[136][137][138][139] There were many cryptocurrency-related ads drawing comparisons to dot-com commercials during Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000,[140][141] leading some to refer to the game as the "Crypto Bowl".[142][143]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:exrxvyu6bpoym6mbnctke5tn/bafkreievce7ps4onya4r7lnkhyunbnuniltxqhynyysdz3ratcfzlsah3a@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 2:27 AM
does anyone else remember when the 2022 Super Bowl had so many crypto ads people were calling it the Crypto Bowl and then crypto just absolutely fucking tanked?
anyway
anyway
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The CIA World Factbook, a reliable source of information about the countries of the world, has been publicly available since 1997. It is now going away.
Please consider supporting @wikipedia.org and @ourworldindata.org. The world desperately needs trustworthy data.
www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
Please consider supporting @wikipedia.org and @ourworldindata.org. The world desperately needs trustworthy data.
www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
February 4, 2026 at 9:58 PM
The CIA World Factbook, a reliable source of information about the countries of the world, has been publicly available since 1997. It is now going away.
Please consider supporting @wikipedia.org and @ourworldindata.org. The world desperately needs trustworthy data.
www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
Please consider supporting @wikipedia.org and @ourworldindata.org. The world desperately needs trustworthy data.
www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
I was first introduced to CIA World Factbook when I did Model UN and have used it ever since...it probably deserves some credit in shaping my curiosity about the world. The nation is diminished by its deletion.
They closed the CIA World Factbook and deleted it entirely.
February 4, 2026 at 10:38 PM
I was first introduced to CIA World Factbook when I did Model UN and have used it ever since...it probably deserves some credit in shaping my curiosity about the world. The nation is diminished by its deletion.
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This is how Sen. Ron Wyden clues the public into activity that he finds extremely alarming. He does a press release about a letter he sent to the director of the CIA that basically says, 'I want to make sure you saw the classified letter I sent early today.' www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
February 4, 2026 at 9:53 PM
This is how Sen. Ron Wyden clues the public into activity that he finds extremely alarming. He does a press release about a letter he sent to the director of the CIA that basically says, 'I want to make sure you saw the classified letter I sent early today.' www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
I’ve noticed over the last year or so that a meaningful number of people at my company don’t read (anymore).
I feel like we haven’t fully reckoned with the with the implications of the reality that in the past generation, many have lost the ability to concentrate long enough to read a book.
February 4, 2026 at 1:25 AM
I’ve noticed over the last year or so that a meaningful number of people at my company don’t read (anymore).
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A new study from Anthropic finds that gains in coding efficiency when relying on AI assistance did did not meet statistical significance; AI use noticeably degraded programmers’ understanding of what they were doing. Incredible.
The latest from Anthropic: using Anthropic's products makes you worse at your job
How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
www.anthropic.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:47 PM
A new study from Anthropic finds that gains in coding efficiency when relying on AI assistance did did not meet statistical significance; AI use noticeably degraded programmers’ understanding of what they were doing. Incredible.
So the internal ChatGPT-equivalent went out at work today and a manager asked “what should I do?” … I almost replied “use your brain” 🤡
February 4, 2026 at 1:01 AM
So the internal ChatGPT-equivalent went out at work today and a manager asked “what should I do?” … I almost replied “use your brain” 🤡
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when your public moment of vulnerability undergoes memetic semantic degradation
February 3, 2026 at 9:31 PM
when your public moment of vulnerability undergoes memetic semantic degradation
My boss just hit me with “is this another thing you know about?”
a man in a leather jacket is sitting in front of a sign that says waam
ALT: a man in a leather jacket is sitting in front of a sign that says waam
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:57 PM
My boss just hit me with “is this another thing you know about?”
Though there is some dated language, Eric Hoffer’s True Believer is one of my favorite books ever. I’ve got like 10 pages to go. So well written and essential reading for understanding mass movements (what we’re living through). Shout out my dad (I love you, Dad) for recommending.
February 1, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Though there is some dated language, Eric Hoffer’s True Believer is one of my favorite books ever. I’ve got like 10 pages to go. So well written and essential reading for understanding mass movements (what we’re living through). Shout out my dad (I love you, Dad) for recommending.
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It’s doesn’t feel like it right now, but the people are winning and the regime is freaking out.
January 31, 2026 at 12:35 AM
It’s doesn’t feel like it right now, but the people are winning and the regime is freaking out.
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This whole country has influencer-brain. It's the modern get-rich-quick-ism.
January 30, 2026 at 2:07 PM
This whole country has influencer-brain. It's the modern get-rich-quick-ism.
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I know things are negative right now, but there’s a really inspiring movie in theaters starting today about a woman who worked up from being Jeffrey Epstein’s employee to being his best friend’s wife.
January 30, 2026 at 2:47 PM
I know things are negative right now, but there’s a really inspiring movie in theaters starting today about a woman who worked up from being Jeffrey Epstein’s employee to being his best friend’s wife.
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January 29, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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when the news is so so heavy, spend time alone or with the people who heal and rejuvenate you, or who you work with easily. you know? alone is better than with people who drain you. enjoy the little things, too. for me? making playlists, good coffee, funny writing, stopping to meet the puppies.
January 28, 2026 at 2:07 AM
when the news is so so heavy, spend time alone or with the people who heal and rejuvenate you, or who you work with easily. you know? alone is better than with people who drain you. enjoy the little things, too. for me? making playlists, good coffee, funny writing, stopping to meet the puppies.
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strong, loving relationships are a big part of how we're going to get through this, wishing you both many more happy years together
January 24, 2026 at 6:06 PM
strong, loving relationships are a big part of how we're going to get through this, wishing you both many more happy years together
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Part of the white nationalist, Turner Diaries fantasy is to instigate a “race war.” (Of course that was supposed to be *against* the federal government, but now that they are in control of it I guess it’s flipped around)
The actions of the U.S. federal government are going to stir up an insurgency in American cities. Part of me thinks that was their game plan all along.
I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity
January 24, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Part of the white nationalist, Turner Diaries fantasy is to instigate a “race war.” (Of course that was supposed to be *against* the federal government, but now that they are in control of it I guess it’s flipped around)
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mr president sir, im a lifelong conservative and im just wondering which deeply held belief of mine today you would like me to dump in the trash no questions asked to defend your dementia-fueled insanity sir? preferably something ive been incredibly vocal about my entire life
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 PM
mr president sir, im a lifelong conservative and im just wondering which deeply held belief of mine today you would like me to dump in the trash no questions asked to defend your dementia-fueled insanity sir? preferably something ive been incredibly vocal about my entire life
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⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout continues in its third week despite a brief momentary restoration of international connectivity around hour 375. Online platforms are occasionally whitelisted and some users have been able to tunnel out over the last couple of days.
January 24, 2026 at 10:09 AM
⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout continues in its third week despite a brief momentary restoration of international connectivity around hour 375. Online platforms are occasionally whitelisted and some users have been able to tunnel out over the last couple of days.
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January 23, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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Just came through — this one was a long time coming
January 22, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Just came through — this one was a long time coming